Economy of AsiaAsia's main economy is agricultural based.The main crops are:rice, soy beans, peanuts, sugar cane, cotton, jute, silk, rubber, tea, & coconuts


However, there are others as well, these include:
Fishing- North and South regions
Trained labor forces- Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey
Transportation- Japan, China, Russia
Power facilities- Japan
Mining- Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, China, Turkey, Philipenes
Oil- Russia, Indonesia

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